Kate Moss makes her interior design debut

By Emily Senior

29 September 2015

A home designed by Supermodel Kate Moss is to go on sale in
the Cotswolds. What do you think of her interior design
debut?

Set in the heart of the Cotswolds, within its own one-acre plot
of private woodland, a new five bedroom home by luxury design
company YOO Homes with interiors by supermodel Kate Moss, is about
to go on sale for a cool £2.5 million.

The collaboration seems a natural fit. The Lakes by
YOO - the private estate where the house is situated - is more
or less Primrose Hill on water. The brainchild of John Hitchcox and
Philippe Starck, whose intention was to create a second-home
community akin to the Hamptons in the heart of
Gloucestershire, YOO has cornered the market in chic wilderness
retreats for the London glitterati.

The celebrity count per-square-mile has grown steadily over the
years, with Elizabeth Hurley, Kate Winslet, Jade Jagger and Elle
Macpherson all owning property there at one point or another.

As well as a spa, the site has a 24-hour concierge, tennis
courts, zip-wires and an "honesty bar", where patrons are trusted
to leave the right amount of money. But with properties nestled
around the estate's 650-acres of forest and six freshwater lakes,
it's as much about seclusion as community.

Prospective buyers first secure a plot of land, then choose from
one of the estate's modernist, wood-clad architectural designs,
that can be customised and decorated in any way they choose by the
in-house team. It's basically Grand Designs made easy. The perfect
solution for those who want a countryside base throwing-distance
from London, without the upkeep of the typical crumbly Cotswold
pile.

'John and I became friends through our love for the English
countryside (and the pub)…' says Moss.

'When he told me about the Barnhouse in the middle of the silver
birch wood I was intrigued and then excited to become part of the
design team. We have created a luxurious haven in the woods, a
perfect place to escape with family and friends.'

Inspired 'by a notion of stumbling across a hidden gem in the
midst of the forest, drawing the exterior into its interior,' the
house features a double height reception space, a spacious outdoor
entertaining deck, private pool and enormous retractable
plate-glass doors.

The vibe is pure rock and roll gloss. Velvet Talisman
sofas built on brass bases, plush chinchilla grey carpets, and
wallpapers from House of Hackney's newly launched William
Morris collection.

David Haddock, a local craftsman who built Kate's personal
dressing room at her London home, has created bespoke furnishings,
including the four-poster stainless-steel bed and a TV cabinet
featuring a silver thunderbolt in homage to David Bowie.

It is intriguing to see the way that Moss, who can do little
wrong style-wise in the eyes of the fashion community, is starting
to channel her energies in to other creative mediums. Last year she
was appointed commissioning fashion editor of our sister magazine
British Vogue, and she has long been embedded in the British art
scene, with her collaborations with Jake and Dinos Chapman and
Chris Allen displayed on the property's walls. Could this be the
first foray of many in to the world of interior design?